title: Current knowledge of Turkey's louse fauna.
abstract: The current knowledge on the louse fauna of birds and mammals in Turkey has not yet been completed. Up to the present, a total of 109 species belonging to 50 genera of lice have been recorded from animals and humans, according to the morphological identification. Among the avian lice, a total of 43 species belonging to 22 genera were identified in Ischnocera (Philopteridae). 35 species belonging to 14 genera in Menoponidae were detected and only 1 species was found in Laemobothriidae in Amblycera. Among the mammalian lice, a total of 20 species belonging to 8 genera were identified in Anoplura. 8 species belonging to 3 genera in Ischnocera were determined and 2 species belonging to 2 genera were detected in Amblycera in the mammalian lice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. ainci@erciyes.edu.tr
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: İncı
authors.forename: Alparslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dık
authors.forename: Önder
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Düzlü
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D006801:Humans; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008322:Mammals / Q000469:parasitology*; D008003:Phthiraptera / Q000145:classification*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology